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In the '80s, nostalgia for the late '50s and early '60s dominated American superculture — Back to the Future, Peggy Sue Got Married, Dirty Dancing and its half-retro soundtrack, Billy Joel's dips into doo-wop. Fetishizing the Boomers' early days, where things were A-OK for those people who grew up to be cultural overlords, was in vogue. At the same time, the punk rock underground responded in the manner chronicled in Our Band Could Be Your… more »

In the '80s, nostalgia for the late '50s and early '60s dominated American superculture — Back to the Future, Peggy Sue Got Married, Dirty Dancing and its half-retro soundtrack, Billy Joel's dips into doo-wop. Fetishizing the Boomers' early days, where things were A-OK for those people who grew up to be cultural overlords, was in vogue. At the same time, the punk rock underground responded in the manner chronicled in Our Band Could Be Your… more »

When I get the two founding members of Virginia power-poppers Eternal Summers on the phone, they're living up to their name. Drummer and occasional vocalist Daniel Cundiff is house-sitting for a friend in rural Roanoke, recovering from the band's just-wrapped East Coast tour by "hanging out, watching movies" and — the leisurely activity he's engaged in during our interview — playing fetch with his friend's dog in the backyard ("Ahh, sorry, there are some ants… more »